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title: לָבַב — encourage · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָבַב (3823), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: encourage. BDB 1906: vb. denom. get mind encourage. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָבַב

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«לָבַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **encourage** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3823 · **BDB:** לבב²

### Glosses

you (2); he.will.get.understanding (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

encourage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3823/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. get mind encourage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3823/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. Impf. יִלָּבֵב get a mind; וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵד shall an empty man get a mind or a wild ass’s colt be born a man? Jb 11:12. encourage; Pf. לִבַּבְתִּנִי … לִבַּבְתִּנִי בְּאַחַד֯ מֵעֵינַיִךְ Ct 4:9(×2) thou hast encouraged me, thou hast encouraged me with one of thine eyes Ew Gi Gr RVm (AV RV Ges Hi De Öt (cf. 5:6) ravished my heart,—Pi. priv. Ges§ 52 h).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָבַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3823/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.12/)

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וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and a.person hollow he.will.get.understanding and a.male.donkey of.a.wild.donkey a.human.being it.will.be.born

*JPS 1917:* But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

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[Song of Songs 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.9/)

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לִבַּבְתִּ֖נִי אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה לִבַּבְתִּ֙ינִי֙ בְּאַחַ֣ת מֵעֵינַ֔יִךְ בְּאַחַ֥ד עֲנָ֖ק מִצַּוְּרֹנָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* you have.stolen.my.heart my.sister my bride you have.stolen.my.heart with one of eyes your with one necklace of necklaces your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.

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